1 Corinthians 5:2
1 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is intolerable even among pagans: A man has his father’s wife.
And you are proud! Shouldn’t you rather have been stricken with grief and have removed from your fellowship the man who did this?
3 Although I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, and I have already pronounced judgment on the one who did this, just as if I were present.
4 When you are assembled in the name of our Lord Jesus and I am with you in spirit, along with the power of the Lord Jesus,
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- And you are proud! Shouldn’t you rather have been stricken with grief and have removed from your fellowship the man who did this?
- KJV
- And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.
- WEB
- You are arrogant, and didn’t mourn instead, that he who had done this deed might be removed from among you.
- ASV
- And ye are puffed up, and did not rather mourn, that he that had done this deed might be taken away from among you.
- DARBY
- And *ye* are puffed up, and ye have not rather mourned, in order that he that has done this deed might be taken away out of the midst of you.
- BLB
- And you⁺ are puffed up! And did you not rather mourn, so that the one having done this work might be removed out of your⁺ midst?
- ÅB
- Og dere er oppblåst, mens dere langt heller skulle sørge, så den som har gjort denne gjerning, kunne bli støtt ut fra dere.
- OTB
- Dere har blitt stolte og har ikke sørget i stedet, slik at den som har gjort denne gjerningen, ville bli fjernet fra deres midte.
- B1930
- Og I er opblåst, mens I langt heller skulde sørge, så den som har gjort denne gjerning, kunde bli støtt ut fra eder.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Revelation 2:20–22
But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads My servants to be sexually immoral and to eat food sacrificed to idols.
Read in context2 Corinthians 7:7–11
and not only by his arrival, but also by the comfort he had received from you. He told us about your longing, your mourning, and your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced all the more.
Read in context1 Corinthians 5:13
God will judge those outside. “Expel the wicked man from among you.”
Read in context2 Corinthians 12:21
I am afraid that when I come again, my God will humble me before you, and I will be grieved over many who have sinned earlier and have not repented of their acts of impurity, sexual immorality, and debauchery.
Read in contextEzra 10:1–6
While Ezra prayed and made this confession, weeping and falling facedown before the house of God, a very large assembly of Israelites—men, women, and children—gathered around him, and the people wept bitterly as well.
Read in contextEzra 9:2–6
Indeed, the Israelites have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, so that the holy seed has been mixed with the people of the land. And the leaders and officials have taken the lead in this unfaithfulness!”
Read in contextEzekiel 9:4
“Go throughout the city of Jerusalem,” said the LORD, “and put a mark on the foreheads of the men sighing and groaning over all the abominations committed there.”
Read in contextEzekiel 9:6
Slaughter the old men, the young men and maidens, the women and children; but do not go near anyone who has the mark. Now begin at My sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the temple.
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